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Here's a probable contender for you. Look up Claytor Lake Va. Brett's Big 'Ol Bass Event. He ended up weighing in an 18 pound limit. Then was confronted and punched the person who accused him of cheating. Allegedly, was videotaped pulling bass out of a cage. No tape has been seen by the public as far as I know. He refused the mandatory polygraph and is last on the roster with five fish for Zero weight. The story says law enforcement took him away in handcuffs. The same person won the same tournament in 2020 and a week either side of that win won a Big Bass Tournament on nearby Smith Mountain Lake. Look up the story on Claytor Lake it's a fresh one.
It’s funny how the NPFL band the loudest from fishing the NPFL and I’m glad because Randy block it had to top 100s in the forest I would cup woo so cool and he’s never fish with live scope or forward facing doesn’t understand it and doesn’t know how hard it is to make fish bite with it because you can see them but you can’t make Them but most of the time
It would be great if you can overlay pictures or videos of some sort over you’re commentary when talking about a person or subject, kinda like Broll just to give people a better idea of what you’re talking about, but other than that great content! 👍🏽
Actually he being suspected of cheating goes back to 2005. "In March 2005, Kerr and Long weighed in a five-bass limit that set a daily catch record for a fivebass limit, weighing 38.57 pounds, in a WON Bass tournament on Lower Otay Lake. Although Long claimed credit for the catcFor example, we should have been skeptical that practically all of Long’s big bass were caught while he was fishing alone. Ellis first became suspicious in 2010 when Long wanted him to produce a video series but wouldn’t let the photographer go along to video the catches. “I’ll call you when I catch a big one and we’ll ‘recreate’ the catch,” Long told Ellis. Ellis declined the offer." ... Ellis finally filmed him in 2019"
Mike Long and Tony Christian. That Mike Long swimbait might be valuable now. I heard of a “grey” area cheating event that happened near me. Decades ago, a local angler discovered a beaver dam with a pond at the very back of a tight cove and inlet creek. With a little effort, the bass boat could get to within easy casting distance. Anyhow, in the weeks prior to a very large local tournament, two guys that formed a team, would catch large keeper bass from the lake and nearby lakes. These bass were transported to the beaver pond and released. The day of the tournament, the team would arrive at the beaver pond and cast swim jigs, frogs and texas rig worms into the pond. They would catch their five fish limit and win the tournament. They caught the fish from the front deck of the boat.
Tony Christian by far the biggest cheater. He won the all American and flw tour tournaments. Somewhere there are guys who would have won 100k in those tournaments who ended up in 2nd place. I wish someone would do a deep dive documentary on him, how was he doing it, where is he now, exc. I hate how FLW kept it so quiet.
Probably the most prolific bass cheaters faces that belong up there haven't been caught yet. And maybe never will be. But Mike Long would get dishonorable mention.
None, their names shouldn't be remembered, but their deeds should. The names, of the people that reported them, should make they honors. I have fished, local, and state tournaments, for 40 years. The closest, I have come to cheating, was having, more like wishing, Bill Dance, Larry Nixon, Hank Parker, KVD, or Wheeler, being my partner, those days. I guess, that is more on me, then my partner.
Mike long although he didn't fish tournaments if I remember right. He got all kind of publicity that he surely didn't deserve for cheating+ money he didn't deserve.
They do put up, end of story. Its choice of were they want to invest their dollars. Respect this, they chose where they thought they would have best chance to win, earn a check. Respect that they fished within given rules to earn that seat. Last, fans dont pay entry fees. When you pay to spectate like fans do, you might have say in the product. You have no rights, you pay nothing,
How do you figure his following is so big on RU-vid lol? Tactical Bassin has more subs than him and both the dudes at Tactical are down to earth guys and are absolute hammers. All of you said how Ben was gonna win it all well that never happened did it. His attitude really pissed off a lot of OG anglers. The way he talked to Randy was absolutely a punk move which that is what he is.
I have never said he would win on the elites, but he's got a good chance. Ben has over 500k subs, and that's impressive. I do understand and respect your take, and others have the same opinion. Thanks for the comment. Cheers!!
So guys won't know until November that they have qualified for tournaments that begin in February??? When are deposits due for the Elites? Boats, wraps...sponsors...long list This seems unworkable
squeeky wheel gets the grease...just ignore the squeek...it will go away. If ANY of the leagues would publish real numbers, we would know the truth. but no way do they want their advertisers to know how limited the tournament bass fishing audience really is.
Not a sport What is it Simple Your a customer fishing at a high level of tournaments Ok if I got play golf tournament and pay say 2,500 to play now I'm tiger woods
Part of the definition of sport mentions for entertainment purposes. .with that said, Cornhole tournaments have bigger TV ratings, thus they have advertising dollars, which to fishing is sponsor dollars. Debate fishing all you want, past models have shown failure. Fishermen fish when ESPN, TNN, OR any other TV station aired fishing shows, Saturday morning. No viewers equals no body seeing commercials that pay the bills. 360 million Americans and a handful watch any type of fishing. There are more dart derby on TV in one month in Europe than fishing shows in the USA. Why? It's very popular. Soccer/football and darts, rugby, . Would those make usa top 10 must see? 50 years of BASS, what channel are they on?
Considering the cost to compete, including equipment costs and tournament fees I would consider it a hobby for the 2% that can afford it. Once again not attainable by the average angler. And really is becoming unrelatable.
It's not a sport. It's a competition. I'm an outdoorsman and I personally would call hunting and fishing a hobby. I love the saying.... If a deer had a gun, now its a sport 😂
If tourney fishing is a sport....then poker is too. They have alot in common. Except FFS is like playing poker against dealer with marked deck. Without it you'll win a hand now and then, but it's not fair.
Zona is the personality that just makes you want to hang out drink beers and keep listening and talking. BASS is going to be hard pressed replace that personality.
Professional golf is considered a "sport", right? Lots of practice, technique, talent, but not a whole lot of investment especially when compared to bass fishing. When someone creates a way to make pro bass fishing more of an "Everyman" type of spectacle and also create a way to make the actual "act of fishing" more interesting and exciting, then it will become a sport that is more on par (see what I did there?) with golf or tennis or whatever. 👍🇺🇸
You are never going to be able to sell a ticket to watch a bass tournament, for a variety of reasons. First and foremost the organizations conducting the tournaments don't own the playing fields. And you can't watch the whole field at one time because it's spread out over miles and miles. Tournaments are too long, even a one day tournament is eight hours. And there are too many uncontrollable (luck) factors to truly determine who "played" the best versus who go the luckiest. And as far as non-endemics getting involved, that traditionally has not been profitable for non-endemics. "Professional bass fishing" has been misrepresented to starry eyed people that want to make their hobby their profession (see Jacob Foutz). Being a professional "tournament angler" really means you're a professional salesman. IMO the biggest problem professional tournament fishing has is; the main reason people watch tournament coverage is to learn how and where to fish and the education value of watching live tournament coverage is worsening, not getting better. Yeah, you root for your favorite angler but if you learn something from someone that isn't your favorite angler, that's much better than not learning anything and having your favorite win. The fact that tournament angling is getting more and more competitive (for financial reasons), anglers being covered in live tournaments are being more and more secretive about how they're catching their fish, and FFS is removing much of the deductive reasoning that has plagued anglers for decades, and viewers aren't learning how to fish better so they're dropping off. The fact of the matter is; watching videos on the specific fishing topics you want to learn on RU-vid is SO MUCH more efficient than watching someone on live hunt around looking at his graph and not catch a fish and being subjected to an obscene amount of advertising.
It doesn't deserved to be put down at all. It pure passion to most. Watching someone skip a dock, money cast is pure poetry. Watching a hookset in mated grass and the bow of the round and singing of the taught line, all music to my ears.
Every time I paid an entry fee, I was betting on myself, or a partner. It's a passion, it's never been a hobby, or treated like a sport in my head. I invested alot in my Cat, my craft, and tackle. I literally fished 365 days a year at one time, hobby, not to me, it was passion. My garage had typos on the walls since early 80s. I studied east tx trees, identifying them above water, like lob lolly pines in sand loam, dogwoods birchs etc, knowing types of trees can identify creek channels above water. That's old school fishing without technical support. That's hard-core passion.
I do agree, 😊though, that your physical conditioning will help tremendously with staying on top of your game. It's very important to be able to grind out those tough days with hundreds or even thousands of casts.
Pay to play has always been that way in bass fishing. Very good point, although I don't believe the top-tier anglers feel that way. You are right, it's that way in every level of the sport. All the way down to the local club tourneys. You pay dues and entry fees to fish.
